Harlow — #293 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Harlow

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,001 babies named Harlow between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harlow currently holds the #293 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 1,278 babies received it in a single year. Harlow is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,500 additional births since 1882.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harlow performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6,697 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Harlow shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,618 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Harlow in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harlow in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 13,001 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.